1. resist - Noun
2. resist - Verb
To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
To be distasteful to.
To make opposition.
A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThis behavior defies explanation Source: Internet
dissent to the laws of the country Source: Internet
The trees resisted her Source: Internet
stand the test of time Source: Internet
The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow Source: Internet
His body rejected the liver of the donor Source: Internet